Permalink: https://www.media.greenpeace.org/archive/-Chico-Mendes-30-Years---Memory-to-Honor--Legacy-to-Defend--Event-in-Brazil-27MZIFJWJJRRV.htmlConceptually similar"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilGP0STT0OKCompleted★★★★★★"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilGP0STT0ODCompleted★★★★Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve in Acre State, BrazilGP0STT0O7Completed★★★★★★Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve in Acre State, BrazilGP0STT0O8Completed★★★★"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilGP0STT0O3Completed★★★★"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilGP0STT0OCCompleted★★★★"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilGP0STT0OBCompleted★★★★"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilGP0STT0OECompleted★★★★"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilGP0STT0OFCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP0STT0OJ"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilDione Torquato, center, with microphone in hand, National Youth Secretary of the National Counsel of Extractive Populations (CNS), speaks at the gathering.From December 15th to 17th, 2018, the city of Xapuri, in Acre state, Brazil, held a gathering: "Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend", bringing together leaderships from extractivism and social movements from all over the country, not to mention friends and relatives to the activist, murdered three decades ago.After fighting peacefully for all his life, Chico Mendes left an extensive legacy, including a very successful literacy and learning program for rubber tappers, and the creation of Extractive Reserves (Resex), conservation units for collective use that allow people to benefit from the forests and their resources, like rubber tapping and nut collection, without destroying them.In original language:Encontro "Chico Mendes 30 Anos: Uma Memória a Honrar, Um Legado a Defender", no AcreDione Torquato, centro, com microfone na mão, Secretário Nacional da Juventude do Conselho Nacional das Populações Extrativistas (CNS), durante palestra no encontro.Entre 15 e 17 de dezembro de 2018, a cidade de Xapuri (AC) recebeu o "Encontro Chico Mendes 30 anos: uma memória a honrar, um legado a defender”, um evento com a participação de lideranças extrativistas e movimentos sociais de diversas regiões do Brasil, além de amigos e parentes do seringueiro e sindicalista assassinado há três décadas.Com uma vida de luta pacífica para proteger a floresta, Chico Mendes deixou um legado extenso, como um bem-sucedido programa de alfabetização para os seringueiros e a criação das Reservas Extrativistas (Resex), um tipo de unidade de conservação de uso coletivo que permite que as populações utilizem os recursos da floresta, como extração de borracha e castanha, sem destruí-la.Locations:Acre (Brazil)-Amazon-Brazil-South America-XapuriDate:17 Dec, 2018Credit:© Marizilda Cruppe / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3543px X 2362pxKeywords:Activists-Ceremonies-Dogs-Forests (campaign title)-Front view-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Medium group of people-Memorials-VictimsShoot:"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilFrom December 15th to 17th, 2018, the city of Xapuri, in Acre state, Brazil, held a gathering: "Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend", bringing together leaderships from extractivism and social movements from all over the country, not to mention friends and relatives to the activist, murdered three decades ago.After fighting peacefully for all his life, Chico Mendes left an extensive legacy, including a very successful literacy and learning program for rubber tappers, and the creation of Extractive Reserves (Resex), conservation units for collective use that allow people to benefit from the forests and their resources, like rubber tapping and nut collection, without destroying them.
